Freeman-Asia (Freeman Awards For Report Inward Asia) For American Undergraduates To Catch Cambodia Together With Asia

Overview

Freeman-ASIA (Freeman Awards for Study inwards Asia) is designed to back upwards American undergraduates alongside demonstrated fiscal request who are planning to study overseas inwards East or Southeast Asia. The program’s destination is to growth the give away of Americans alongside first-hand exposure to too agreement of Asia too its peoples too cultures.

Award recipients are required to part their experiences alongside their abode campuses or communities to encourage study abroad yesteryear others too fulfill the program's destination of increasing agreement of Asia inwards the United States.

From 2001 to 2009, Freeman-ASIA supported over 4,000 U.S. undergraduates from to a greater extent than than 600 institutions alongside their study abroad plans inwards East too Southeast Asia.

With generous funding from the Freeman Foundation, the Institute of International Education (IIE) volition re-launch the Freeman-ASIA Program for ii academic years, initiatory off inwards Summer 2011.


A Freeman-ASIA Award provides need-based funding to aid the recipient alongside the terms of the study abroad computer programme too related expenses, including airfare, basic living costs, local transportation, books, etc.

Grant amounts are:

Summer Award	up to $3,000
Semester/Quarter Award	up to $5,000
Academic Year Award	up to $7,000

Freeman-ASIA Award funds may live adjusted should the recipient have additional fiscal assistance non reported at the fourth dimension of application.

Award funds are distributed to the award recipient's checking work organisation human relationship via Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) in 1 lump amount for summertime too semester awards too inwards ii installments for academic twelvemonth awards.

Students may apply for institutional/program-based Freeman Foundation grants too the Freeman-ASIA Awards at the same time, but may entirely convey 1 per proposed study abroad term should the pupil live awarded both

Eligibility

An applicant:

1. Must live a U.S. citizen or permanent resident at the fourth dimension of application.
2. Must currently have need-based fiscal assistance or demonstrate a verifiable request for fiscal assistance to participate inwards the proposed study abroad program. The applicant is required to submit the Estimated Family Contribution (EFC) figure, calculated through FAFSA, alongside the tilt of fiscal request through the online Freeman-ASIA application.
3. Must live an undergraduate pupil alongside a minimum GPA of 2.8, pursuing his or her initiatory off bachelor's score (or associate's degree), at a two-year or a four-year establishment of higher pedagogy inwards the United States.
4. Must apply through the U.S. abode campus too conduct maintain at to the lowest degree 1 term of enrollment remaining at the abode establishment inwards the U.S. upon returning from studying abroad inwards Asia.
5. Must conduct maintain applied or conduct maintain been accepted to a study abroad based computer programme in: Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Laos, Macao, Malaysia, Mongolia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 multi-country computer programme is eligible entirely if the applicant volition pass at to the lowest degree 8 weeks inwards 1 of the countries stated inwards a higher house too volition conduct maintain intensive linguistic communication study during that period.
6. Must conduct maintain applied to or conduct maintain been accepted yesteryear a study abroad based computer programme that awards academic credits through the abode campus or other U.S. accredited college or university. The proposed length of study inwards the host province must live a minimum of 8 weeks for a summertime term, 10 weeks for a quarter term, too 12 weeks for a semester term.
7. Must conduct maintain footling or no previous sense inwards the province inwards which he or she plans to study. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 summertime term applicant must non conduct maintain spent to a greater extent than than 4 weeks inwards the proposed province of study inside the terminal five years. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 semester or an academic twelvemonth term applicant must non conduct maintain spent to a greater extent than than vi weeks inwards the proposed province of study inside the terminal five years.
8. Must submit the online Freeman-ASIA Student Impact Survey inside 1 calendar month of returning to the the States too must initiate his/her service projection to promote study abroad opportunities inwards Asia on the college campus and/or inwards the local community.
9. Must submit the Freeman-ASIA Final Service Report on the implementation of his/her service projection at the halt of the term next his/her render to the United States.
10. Must non live a previous Freeman-ASIA honor recipient.

Student Deadline -
Wednesday, Apr 4, 2012

Adviser Deadline -
Wednesday, Apr 11, 2012

Contact Information

If y'all conduct maintain whatever questions most the application process, delight contact:

Freeman-ASIA
U.S. Student Programs
Institute of International Education
809 UN Plaza
New York, NY 10017-3580

Tel: +1 212.984.5542
Fax: +1 212.984.5325
Email: Freeman-ASIA@iie.org
Further information, delight visit http://www.iie.org/Programs/Freeman-ASIA/About-the-Program


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